Government has added representatives of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the Teachers and Educational Union of Ghana (TEWU) to the interim council of KNUST following the declaration of strike by lecturers at the university.
Various bodies in KNUST including UTAG declared an indefinite strike action after a seven-member committee chaired by Nana Effah Appenteng, the Paramount Chief of Bompata Traditional Area, was appointed to over see the day to day management of the university after the dissolution of the previous one.
According to these bodies the dissolution of the governing council by government was illegal and an affront on the university's autonomy.
“They didn’t even bother. They totally ignored us,” UTAG-KNUST President, Professor Eric Fokuo told journalists Friday after a meeting which led to the declaration of a strike action.
Government has yielded to pressure and reviewed the membership of the interim committee to include a representative each from UTAG and TEWU; bringing the number to nine members.
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